Researchers working on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve in far north Queensland say they think they have uncovered a new ecosystem. "It looks like we could have a new species of plant, but even more excitingly is that we are in the process, by the looks

A Queensland scientist says work is being done to identify which plant and animal species are most at risk from climate change. Experts in the field are meeting in Townsville, in the state's north, at a marine and tropical sciences research conference.

Polar explorers Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley are trekking across the Arctic, taking measurements of sea-ice thickness as they go. The team hopes its data, from a mobile radar unit and from drilling, will help scientists better understand the

Please join with us in applause for what Congress has done to permanently protect millions of acres of American wildlands--including such special places as Mineral King, Mt. Hood and the Wyoming Range...

WASHINGTON, March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement this afternoon after President Obama signed H.R. 146, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act into law. "I was so pleased to join President Obama today...

This message is being sent to you by Peter Bergel at the request of Shundahai Network Board Member Ann Taylor, Corbin Harney's granddaughter. Hello everyone. This is a letter regarding the land around Rock Creek and we are working with the BLM in the...

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Violent seas have split the Amoco Cadiz super tanker wrecked off the coast of France, destroying any hopes of salvaging any remaining oil and threatening an ecological disaster. Experts hoped 30,000 to 50,000 tons of oil left in the holds could have been

A DESTRUCTIVE feral fish has been discovered in the Swan River, sparking a Department of Fisheries survey. The Department of Fisheries has initiated surveys of the Swan River, near Eden Hill and Caversham, for feral pearl cichlids, after a member of the

An oil tanker has run aground on a reef off the Alaskan coast, releasing gallons of crude oil into the sea. The Exxon Valdez got into trouble in Prince William Sound when it hit Bligh Reef, splitting its side open and releasing oil, with reports of an eig